George Balanchine Catalogue

View Record

Search the Catalogue
Introduction to the Database

Preface by Lincoln Kirstein
Background

Chronology: Life and Works
Roles Performed By Balanchine

Chronological Title List
Titles By Category

Festivals Directed By Balanchine
Bibliography
Filmography
Videography

Itineraries Undertaken by
Balanchine's American
Companies

Research Resources
Credits
Acknowledgments

Contact Us: information@balanchine.org

63. JACK IN THE BOX

Music: By Erik Satie (unpublished piano score for pantomime, 1899; orchestrated after Satie's death in 1925 by Darius Milhaud).

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Production: Scenery and costumes by André Derain. Scenery executed by Prince A. Schervashidze; costumes executed by La Maison Jules Muelle.

Premiere: June 8, 1926, Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, Théâtre Sarah-Bernhardt, Paris. Conductor: Roger Desormière.

Cast: The Puppet, Stanislas Idzikowsky; The Black Dancer, Alexandra Danilova; 2 Dancers (women); 2 Cloud Bearers (men).

Note: The principal dancer is a comic puppet with whom the Black Dancer and two others perform as if they are attending a ball. In the background large cardboard clouds are moved by mimes.